Improved dish-cover



tait@ tats# gstmt @Hire WILLIAM H. WHITE, OF KENT ISLAND, MARYLAND,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELE AND GEORGE W. WHITE.

Letters Patent lVo. 65,626, dateclA-'zme 11, 1867.

IMPROVED DISH-COVER..

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Bo itlcnown that I, WILLIAM II. IVHITE, of Kent Island, in the county ofQueen Anne, in the State of Maryland, have invented anew and improved Coverfor Dishes, Pans, die.; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and-exact description thereof, reference b eing had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. l

The object of my invention is to make an. improved cover flor dishes,pans, 85e., by combining with a, skeleton frame of wire or othermaterial a covering of suitable fabric which willV give ventilation,keep o' insects, and which can be easily detached from the frame for thepurpose of being washed or changed. I am aware the same principle mayextend to the covering of a number ofdishes, or an entire table, bysimply enlarging the'size, which, when too large to be easily handled,maybe raised and lowered by means of a pulley, and therefore have notconfined my claims to the articles of' dishes and pans. l

The nature of my invention can be easily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, as in Figure I a representsthe base of theslteleton dish-cover, (which may be made of a. solid piece of metal,wire gauze, or other substance provided witha frange, b, at its upperedge or else\\'here. c c c are the standards, made fast to the base, andconnected at a middle point, d, which is` provided with a handle in theshape of aknob, ring, or other device. V

Figure II represents a simple band of metal, a Wire, or other substance,bent in the required shape, and is intended more particularly forcovering pans, jars, and pots requiring a Ventilating cover.

i The coverings of fabric used in connection `with Figs. I and II cannotbe easily .shown by a drawing, but

are easily described. They may be made of light; nettings, orclosely-woven fabrics, and may be attac-hed in many ways; but perhapsthe inost simple and elegant Way is by means of a hem run in the edgeofthe material and provided with drawestrings'. The material may be cuteither quadrangular and drawn at both edges, (after sewing the endstogether,) or be cut the same shape as the frame and drawn only at theouter edge.

I claim for my invention the combination ofa skeleton framek and a.fabric cover, when the former is shaped and constructed to hold in placea fabric cover, and the lat-ter made detachable from the frame, for thcpurposes herein shown and described.

Y WM. H. WHITE.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. PoE. R. E. INGRAHAM.

